New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-11
nESYORED TO SOUTH c4ROLINA.
RECALLING THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA

CEN BFIKNAP RETURNS THE STATE PORTRAIT
WHICH HE HAD SAVED FROM THE FLAMES
tyxoM THE REGULAR coRREsPoSDEST or Tiik rhIpuN'~'
WASHINGTON. March 10.-When shermans army
was making it's famous march to the sea- oeherai du
afterward Secretary OF War ielknap was IN command
of one OF the advance commands OF the western army
The night OF February H. 1868, found General belS
man, brigade encamped near the burning capital OF
South Carolina. He was DESTROYS OF obtaining
son scnir of his MACH and therefore accompanied by
his orderly Private Clements. OF the lth IOWA. Wet
In fhe (anitol Building at Columbia in search OF rel
ios What lie found there, and how subsequently, ne
restored what he found TO the Iigntinl owners hau
best be told in the following correspondence "hch GA
plains itself
SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON Feb g. 1887
GfxnnAl in Conversation with Assistant secretsry
the other day he Se y Toa from
House Representative Of south GsronS osVT
Of this painting and take il for granted una! y%n
glad have the pleasure OF replacing u ms matter am
Ton, sens9e v 1 '"' WADE HAMPTON
To this communication General BelKhap resPoh"ou "H
der date of February A. 1887:
Hon WADE HAMPTON. Z. s: Senate . -, r.nr,arv Q 1887
RtAE SIR have ressyeq a ySur 9Ss e night Of February
1865 Columbia was 6grRng anS w0 o Went with
nv ORDERLY 10 the old Capitol building and while mere nasu
%sa y SSs sa1 ssnshss
wall. ~ tine n the G ame coming
Idly wsgnsS oss e Of 70 the be took the
NE ,Hsi IN SGSnd Tfa Or
Of the senate volume personally and with PI1,y re
the han O OF Representatives, look from Is
frame i hung over 2s eS6sd on
famon. portrait engraving bookcase al my
home keOkuk Iowa shall today write 70 uy ssVer 20
express the 10 and VIII gady ana WIN rens
pleasure on arrival deliver 1t TO you LOT
10 the authorities. making no condluons nu ny
requesting that IL may be placed IN the nan
toll namely the Speakers chair nave oi.e sau y, %
NV great regret that had not save some o n
portraits OF the which were ID the
tut the rapid OF the flames and the dlmcny %
taching pictures deferred me- oeeVe tst 'ny
self the only persons IN tat par VI resy 10
return this engraving Washington through you " t
Of south Carolina am sir very TesSeeAT R1KSAP
General Beknap and the evening of March g. 1857
the day before Congress adjourned he took IL TO the
CAPITOL 10 deliver ii to Senator Hampton But the latter
was the Chamber. ana AFTER waiting "hIie
General Beknap the package TO the senator rooms
81 have not heard anything further on me su9ecs,
said General Belkpap ON Monday" from winch liner
that everything is satisfactory.
Governor Fitzhugh Lee Of Virginia. "1he nephew OF
uncle" unjustly called sometimes IL rep
resented by his friends feeling mucn annoy DC
cause OF the paragraphs which have iouiiu ner way
into the press which connect his maine WIN the VICE
Presidential nomination next year lis recent Nisl, W
st. Paul, 1t asserted was uhuertaH.en
for no other purpose than that OF SOUNDING nd
such leading lights Of the party In that sec.
ton of the country Mr. Kelly, member OF ire Naonal
Committee, and Mr. Doran. This however, Is Nyiei1!
denied by Governor Lees friends. They say tlat ne
went tn Paul for pleasure merely 10 pe present u
the ice carnival and TO some anteDeIum irlends II
is admitted however that favOrs southern man Tor
the nomination. and that his personal preference Is uo
eruOr Gordon OF Georgia